Schools dump PCs for PSPs
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| Staff at Holyhead Secondary in Handsworth, Birmingham, were given
| two weeks' training in using the handheld gadgets as teaching tools.
|
| According to the Daily Wail, teachers think that they can use the
| PSPs to tailor make lessons for pupils who need support.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38601
This comes to show how portable devices are gradaully reaching desktop parity
and even replace it.
Related:
Fujistu Siemens chief predicts the empty desktop
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| Joseph Reger told journalists at CeBIT that virtualised client
| PC environments which could be carried on small devices were
| likely to take a big bite out of traditional client PCs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/15/reger_pcs/
SMS Servers Replacing PCs in India
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| The SMS servers are being used to power an MSR project designed
| to test replacing PCs with SMS servers in the village of Warana
| (map). Mobile phones are used by farmers to access their data.
| In their system mobile phones become the client and SMS is used
| to communicate with the server.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/sms_servers_bei.html
Mobile phone shipments neared 1 billion in 2006
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| Record U.S. sales and exploding ultra-low-cost markets in
| India helped worldwide mobile phone shipments to end users
| grow 21 percent, to reach 990.8 million in 2006, according
| to Gartner.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7796273079.html
After the Desktop -- What?
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| I would suggest that the open source community should stop obsessing
| with the battle for the desktop, and start focusing on the battle for
| the platform that will replace it. As I have said before, the day
| will soon come when the notion of having to go to a particular
| machine on a particular room every time you need access to
| information or computer power will be as obsolete as the notion
| of having to go to the hand pump over the well in the front
| yard every time you need water.
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http://trevors-trinkets.blogspot.com/2007/02/after-desktop-what.html
Linux expected to be leading Smartphone OS market by 2010
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| I just came across this research by Diffusion Group, which found
| that Linux is set to become the leading Smartphone OS by 2010.
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http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/linux-to-take-over-smartphone-os-market-by-2010/
FEATURE: Mobile Linux: Why it will become the dominant mobile OS
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| I see the mobile Linux wave out in the ocean and am sounding the
| alarm--the mobile Linux tide is rising. Be prepared.
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http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/feature-mobile-linux-why-it-will-become-the-dominant-mobile-os/2007-01-03
Linux Growth Accelerates with Server Shipments in 4th QTR 2006
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| Unit shipment growth was flat (0.0% growth) year over year in 4Q06, the
| tenth consecutive quarter of slowing overall shipment growth...
|
| After two consecutive quarters of single-digit revenue growth, Linux
| server revenue growth accelerated once again, growing 15.3% to $1.8
| billion when compared with 4Q05.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/Hardware/Linux_Growth_Accelerates_with_Server_Shipments_in_4th_QTR_2006
The Secret Life of Embedded Linux
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| Manufacturers have to weigh sometimes competing factors when selecting
| Linux over Windows or a proprietary OS in consumer products. Often,
| the flexibility of Linux balances out those differences, sometimes
| it does not.
|
| Clearly, though, Linux's freedom and flexibility are driving the
| trend to putting Linux inside consumer products that are not
| encumbered with hardware restrictions. Manufacturers are not
| dependent on a single vendor with Linux.
|
| "Linux is a moving trend. More and more manufacturers are using
| it," concluded MontaVista's Ready.
|
| Yaghmour concurs. "Every engineer adapts it and expands the user
| base," he said. "Anybody who wants to enter the market is using
| Linux due to its low cost. It is hard to justify changing for a
| proprietary OS."
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http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/56436.html
Fault-tolerant Linux - expanding the choice of operating system for
availability
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| Linux is growing in popularity compared with other operating systems
| and using Linux offers a route for organisations to achieve high
| availability at a potentially lower cost. As a free operating system,
| the level of cost would be much lower than other approaches and this
| is contributing to its growing popularity from a business
| continuity perspective.
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http://www.itwales.com/997659.htm
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